where are the flex libraries? can i clear the cache?

Question

Where are the signed, cached flex libraries on a windows / mac / linux system? They don't appear to be in my browser cache... so where is adobe keeping them?

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So, as my answer below shows, I found the files. But can I clear the cache? After trashing the files in windows, I don't see the files get downloaded again (with fiddler).

Answer 1

http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=rsl_09.html

Platform

Location

Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP

C:\Documents and Settings\user_name\Application Data\Adobe\Flash Player\AssetCache\

Windows Vista

C:\Users\user_name\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Flash Player\AssetCache\

Linux

/home/user_name/.adobe/Flash_Player/AssetCache/

Mac OSX

/Users/user_name/Library/Cache/Adobe/Flash Player/AssetCache/

Answer 2

You can see Flash's cached data using the Website Storage Settings Panel in the Flash Player Setting Manager. From here you can clear data relating to a specific site, or clear all data.

This from Adobe - Whats new in Flex 3:

The Player cache is different from the browser cache in that it is maintained by the Flash Player; therefore, it is not cleared at the same time as the browser cache, and will only store items that have been signed by Adobe.

Here are a few other StackOverflow questions/answers that may have some good info:

• SWF client side caching
• Optimizing Flex when multiple modules are used
• Is building separate .swc allow a faster loading of the application?